You are required to produce an annotated bibliography that contains 5 entries relating to journal articles from peer reviewed journals, and/or book chapters published by commercial publishers. Your annotated bibliography will focus on one mental health issue and one therapy which you will select from an approved list provided on Moodle.

If there is a mental health issue that you would like to research but it is not on the list, please seek approval from your lecturer. Read all of the information provided below, including the criteria for a better understanding of the task. A video explaining the assignment, an FAQ and a marking rubric will also be made available on Moodle.

One of the challenges confronting counsellors today is the overwhelming wealth of information available. Not all of this information is valuable or reliable. In research relating to counselling, we find we have to continually evaluate information.

Your judgement of the information you read may be based on the acceptability/credibility of the source of the publication. For example, anyone can publish on the web which does not make the publication automatically worthwhile, whereas publication in a professional journal in which ‘peer review’ is part of the publication process, is considered more credible even though there still may be flaws.